Building construction



H C. TRUST.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19,. 1920.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED AUGJS, 1920.

1,409,623, Patented Mar- 14, 1922.

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, ma -J2- I I 9 l9 q WITNESSES flenry HENRY CHAR-LES TLROST. OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed August 19, 1920.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CHARLES Tnosr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of which the follow- .mg is a speclfication;

My invention is an improvement in build in constructions, and has for its object to provide a sleeping porch construction, wherein the outer face of the porch is provided with a parapet wall, adjacent to which a bed is arranged, the structure having a frame hinged to the roof and mounted to swing at its lower end to either side of the bed, said frame carying a sash, and the room having guides at the opposite side of the bed for receiving the sash when the frame is swung inward and outward. In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical sect-ionthrough the improved porch,

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are sect-ions on the lines 22, 33, and 4--4, respectively, of Figure 1.

In the present embodiment of the invention, there is provided a porch structure comprising a floor 1, a roof 2 and an inner wall 3, and a parapet or outer wall 6, and this porch structure is divided into a series of rooms by partitions 4, which may be of vall board of any commercial type, such as beaver board, each room being designed to receive a bed, indicated at 5, the bed extending perpendicular to the partition walls 4-.

These rooms are of a width somewhat greater than double the width of the bed, so that when the bed is arranged against the parapet 6, at the outer side of the porch structure, there will be sufficient space at the inner side of the bed for the occupant to move around.

The wall 6, above mentioned, is of a height slightly greater than the top of the bed, a shown, and the space between the wall 6 and the adjacent edge of the roof 2 .is adapted to be closed by window frames carrying sashes, a portion of each frame being mounted to swing inwardly for a purpose to be presently described.

At the outer edge of each partition 4, there is arranged a stud 7, which inclines inwardly from the wall 6 to the outer edge of the roof 2, and the wall board partition is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Serial No. 404,545.

connected with this stud. Other studs 3 are arranged on the opposite side of the stud 7, and are spaced apart therefrom. and a facing plate 9 is secured to the outer edge of each stud 7, the said plate being of a width to extend flush with the remote faces of the studs 8.

Each Stud 8 consists of a lower fixed por- Hon 8, and an upper movable portion 8. which is a portion of a window frame. the portions 8 serving as other portions of the said frame.

A sash 10 is mounted to slide in grooves formed between parting strips 11 on the studs 8, and the port-ions 8 of the frame are pivoted, as indicated at 12 to the roof I 2 at the outer edge thereof.

A stud 13 is arranged intermediate the inner and outer edges of each partition 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, these studs 13 inclining upwardly and outwardly at approximately the same angle that the studs 8 in cline upwardly and inwardly. These studs 13, as well as the studs 7, serve as reenforcements for the wall board partition, and the lower portions of the studs 13 have parting strips 13 secured thereto, which form grooves for receiving the edges of the sash.

The portions 8 of the studs 8 are con nected by cross-bars indicated at 14, to

constitute therewith a swinging frame 14 which swings on the pivotal connection 12, and when this frame is swung outwardly into the full line position of Fig. l, the

grooves for the sash of the said portion register with the grooves for the sash in the portions 8 of the studs.

On the other hand, when this swinging portion of the frame swings inwardly, as shown in broken line in Figure 1, the sash grooves thereof register with the grooves betwen the parting strips 13. The swinging frame 14 is closed at its outer face by a wall board plate 15, upon whose outer face is arranged a facing ofabsestos roofing 16. This wall board and asbestos roofing extends from the top to the bottom of the swinging frame and a curtain or blind of the spring-roller type is mounted at the inner side of the sash between the studs 8. The parts are so proportioned that when the sash is moved upwardly as far as it will go in the grooves of the portion 8 of the studs 8, the said sash will be entirely contained within the said grooves, while when the sash is moved downward, it will close the ;portion ofthe frame in inward position.

' the free edge thereof will be beneath the 1 Each window, formetl between each pairv of studs 88 is closed by a sheet 19 of wire gauze, to prevent the entrance of insects.

In use, prior to the retirement of the occupant, the parts are arranged as shown in full lines in Figure 1, except that the sash is moved down into-contact with the top of the wall'6. which is the sill of the window, and the blind 17 may be drawn. When the occupant has retired, or is ready to retire, the latches 18 are loosened, the sash being first raised into the full line position of Figur'e 1, and the swinging portion of the frame is permitted to swing inward into the broken line position of Figure 1. being so held by the latches 18 on the swinging portion of the frame. The sash may now be dropped into the grooves 1 formed by the parting strip 13.

' 'A plate 20 is hinged at 21 to the inner side of the bed, and the said plate is of a width such that when it is swung upwardly,

grooves between the parting strips 13, and will form asill for the sash when it is lowered. When the parts are so arranged, the bed and its occupant are in the open air.

During preparation for bed, the occupant may be within the room, which may be heated, if desired, in cold weather, and such occupant" will not be exposed to thedanger of catching cold while preparingfor bed. After the occupant is in bed, or ready for bed, the parts may be arranged so that the bed is in the open air, being sheltered from insects, however, by the gauze 19. Referring to Figure 1, it will be'seen that the free edge of the plate 20 is flanged laterally, as

' shown at 22, to provide adequate surface to constitute a sill below the partin strips 13 and to afford ready means wl plate 20 may be manipulated.

iereby the I claim 1. In building structures, a structure consisting of a floor and a roof, and a wall connecting the floor and the roof at one side, the other side being open and having a parapet at the outer edge of the floor, offset out- V wardly from the roof edge, transverse partitions dividing the-structure into rooms, and a window frame. between the parapet and the roof, the outer wall of-each room having the upper portion thereof hinged to the roof to swing outwardly,'or inwardly, asash mounted to slide in said frame, the frame having guides for the sash, the partition" walls having guides for the sash with which the guides of the frame are adapted to aline when the said frame is swung into inward or outward position to permit the sash to be closed, said frame being a closed frame, and means for holding the frame in either position. V--

2. In a building construction, a structure including a floor and a roof having'one side open, a parapet atsaid open side, offset outwardly from the adjacent edge of the roof, an outer wall for the open side of the roof including a swingingfram'e pivotedto'the roof to swing outwardly or inwardly, a sash mounted to slide in said frame, guides for.

the sash carried by the frame, guides carried by the outer wall and guides carried by the structure adapted to aline with the guides of the frame in the outer and inner positions respectively, and'means for holding the frame ineither position. I V

3. In a building construction, a structure including a floor and aroofand having one sideopen, an outer wall for saiulopen side including a pivoted frame, a sash carried by saidpivoted frame, guides for the sash carried by the frame, and guides carried by the outer wall and guides carried by the structure adapted to aline with the guides of the 7 frame in the outer or inner position thereof.

4. Ina building construction, a structure including a floor and a roof and having an open side, a parapet at said open side off set outwardly from the adjacent edge of the roof, an outer wall extending from the roof to the parapet and having a swinging frame pivoted to the roof, a sash-carried by said frame and adapted for movement therewith,

and means for securing said frame in adjusted position.

HENRY'GHARLES C[R()Sl. 

